Picture-exhibiting device for talking-machines.



H. G. MATTHEWS. m'runn EXHIBITING 1mm: FOR TALKING munmss. AYPLI'OATIOHIILBD AUG. 20. 1908.

Patented June 27, 1911.

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YIOTURE BXHIBITING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLXGATIOH YILED AUG. 20. 1908.

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'PIOTUBE EXHIBITING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

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Patented June 27, 1911.

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PICTURE BXHIBITING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June. 27} 1911.

Application am August so, mos. Serial 1m. 449,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD C. MA'rrHews, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-ExhibitingDevices for Talkin -Machines, of which the followin is a specfiication.

The olijects of thisinvention are to provide means by whicho ma '0lantern can be employed for exhibiting pictures in connection with thereproduction of a. son or story by a talking machine; to enable t emagic lantern to be automatically operated by the to thus perfectlysynchronise the reproductions bypictilre and o sound; n seen 76 suchsynchronism automatically w ll without any attention Whatever on thepart of the operator; to obtain :1 practically instantaneous admissionand enroll of light, in the magic lantern; to onnble a quit-knoll easycharge to be mode from one series oi: pi tures to another; to secure asimple, elective and practical construction, and to )bis'm otheredvsntages and re.- sults as may be brought out in the followingdescription.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate the same par s in the several figures, Figure 1represents a front view of a magic lantern connected to a cylindertalking machine by 'my im roved means, and Fig.- 2 is a' side view 0)the magic lantern and my attachments; Fig. 3 is a. face view of acertain picture disk; Fig. 4 is a rear view of the-said magic lanternwith. the lamp house removed;

- Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of a portion of he operating mechanismtaken on line 5, 6, 4-, looking downward; Fig. 6 is a. sec- .n taken onthe same line 5, 6, Fig. 4, look mg in the o posite direction or upward;

7 is a si e view of a certain connecting rear view 0 bur and rack; Fig.8. is a perspective view of a certain split collar and means forsecuring the same to the re roducer arm of a talkin machine; Fig. 9 is ahorizontal section ta enllongitudinally of the picture disk is a rearview of a certain operating armand other parts being removed for waterclearncss; Fig. 11 1s a the shutter operating arm detached, and Fig. 12is an edge view of the same.

In said drawings, 10 indicates a talking the opening 20 0 machine of thecylinder type, and 11 a. magic lantern to which my nn'provements areshown applied.

The magic lantern comprises a suitable base 12 upon the rear of which ismounte a lamp-house 18 of any suitable and well-. known construction,having through whichthe light is concentrated upon the picture, asusual. The ict-ure or series of a. tube 14 Ictures 15 are arranged in acircu' lar row 0 a ertures 16 in a disk 17, which is upon a she 18journaled horizontall parallel to the in a vertical p etc 19 at t efront end of V and ncil of li ht. from the up),

base 12. The said plate 19 has an opening. 7

' 20 into registration with which the p cture 15 are successivel brou bI'OtltlOIK of their carrying di 17, Stud dis front side of the plate19,. or ride away from the lamp. This picture disk 17 is .of courseremovable, so as to enable diflerent ictures to be displaaed in.different thrice, a V shown for olding it u on t e shaft '18, a' nut21'. on the thread end of said shaft adapted to clamp the picture diskagainst 0. flange 22 fixed upon a. shoulder of the shaft... Thisflange22 is udaptedby its position at the front ofthe plate 19,, to preventrear- 5 ward longitudinal movement 0 the sha'it 18 in its bearings.Preferably the picture disk has a radial extension 171 of its centralhole .170 to receive the shaft 18, which extension receives acorresponding radial projection 17 2 on the shaft, to insure saidpicture disk n I have being at the 1 bein put on the shaft in correctpositiomas will understood.

As the disk 17 is rotated, its difierent pictures are broughtsuccessively in front of played; I will next escribe the means forautomaticolly'turning said disk by the-bp-.

oration of the talking or me.

At the rear side 0 theplate. 19 a bearlilg 23 for the. shaft. 18projects as "shown m Figs. 5 and -9, said bearing-e screws 24 or thelike to t supplemental plate 25 which covers a ortion of the u right 1mmas'her'eina ter more fully escribe At the rear end of the beari 23 astar wheel 26 is fixed on the shaft'18,w star wheel is adaptedto beengaged and turned by pins 27 on the side of e-wheel 28 rotatablymounted upon the rear of the up right late .19. This wheel has at its 0posite si e another series of ins or tech 29 which are engaged by u ruec 30' adapted to late 19, and thus dis-.

ingheld'by ich slide transversely of the upright plate 19. Longitudinalmovement of this rack thus turns the picture disk.

Preferably, the rack 30 is slotted longitudinally, as shown at 31, toreceive studs :32, 32 on the plate 19 and he supported thereby as itslides. To the end of said rack next the talking machine 10, is pivotedone end of a bar 33, the other end being notched as at 34 in Fig. 1, andadapted to hook over a pin 35 on a sleeve 36 which can be clamped uponthe reproducer arm 37 of the talking machine by means of screws 38, allas shown more particularly in Fig. 8. The bar 33 thus lieslongitudinally of the talking machine cylinder, or parallel thereto, sothat as the reproducer moves along its rod 39, it draws the bar 33 andslides the rack 30. The hinging of the bar 33 to the rack 30accommodates any differences in height between the magic lantern andtalking machine, and furthermore enables the bar to be folded in overthe magic lantern when not in use. The end of the bar 33 is providedwith a plurality of notches 34, which provide for adjustment in makingtheconn'ection of said bar to the reproducer of the talking machine.

During intervals in which the pictures are being changed by rotating thepicture disk 17, an automatic shutter 40 closes the opening 20, andshuts off the rays of light comin from the 1am house, so as to obviateall blur of a com ination of two pictures while moving. This shutter 40is hung by a stem 41 directly above the opening 20, so that it naturallyfalls into closed position, as shown in Fig. 10. An arm 42 pivoted atits lower end 43 to the rear side of the plate 19 just below the shaft18 and at the side thereof away from the wheel 28, is weighted as at 44to normally fall at its upper end against the stem 41 of the shutter 40and 0 on said shutter, as shown in full lines in Big. 4. Said upper endof the arm 42 preferably has a forwardly projecting pin 45 to engage thestem as described, and further more a handle 46 may roject from this endof the arm 42 to enab -it to be drawn or tip ed into idle position. Thishandle 46 an pin 45 are preferably formed of a single piece of wire bentas shown in Fig. 6 more especially. For automatically releasing the saidarm 42 for the change of pictures, said arm is provided at its side nextsaid wheel 26 witha projection or tooth 47 which is adapted to beengaged at the proper moments by the pins 27 of the wheel 28 which turnthe picture disk shaft 18, as above deslclribed. 7This tooth 47 .isbsglocated that eac in 2 engages it just e ore en a 'n a oiiit of the starwheel 26, and hu pus es back the said arm, releasin the shutter 40 forthe whole time the dis r is bein turned. The pin 27 then passes thetool: 47 as it does thepoint of the star wheel 26,

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and. the arm 42 falls back against the shhtter ter, and open itsuddenly.

The pushing back of the arm 42'by the tooth 4' is gradual, and toprevent the.

closing of the shutter being likewise gradual, I have provided a detent48for the stem 41 of the shutter. This detent is pivoted on thesupplemental plate 25, and adapted at its outer end 49 to receive theextremity 50 of the stem when the shutter is in open position, and byits weight hold the shutter raised or open. When the in 45 of the arm 42begins to move, there ore, in its retraction, the shutter does not atonce follow it, but the pin moves idly to a point where the shutter canfreely drop entirely closed, and then said pin engages a projection 51of the shutter stem, releasing it from the detent and let-tin theshutter drop by gravity. A practically instantaneous closure of theopening 20 is thus secured, as well as substantially instantaneousopenin above described. A pin 57 holds the detent 48 from dropping downtoo far when idle.

In the operation of the devices described, let it be supposed that thetalking machine is running and the ma ic lantern parts are as shown inFig. 4, so hat a picture is being thrown on the screen through the hole20.

The talking machine continues to run, its

reproducer pulling through the rod 33 u on the rack 30 which in turnrotates the w ieel 28, until the next pin 27 of said wheel engages theprojection 47 of the arm 42 and slowly pushes said arm backward, ortoward the right hand side of said Fig. 4. As the arm 42 swings, itleaves the shutter 40 as shown in Fig. 4 until the pin 45 of the armengages the rejection 51 of the shutter stem 41; this orces the shutterfree from its detent 48, and it drops instantly to close the opening 20,the in 45 having passed out of the way. The pin 27 of the wheel 28, byits continued movement carries the arm 42 still farther back and at thesame time engages the star wheel 26 to turn the same a tooth; thisbrings the next picture in front of the opening 20, and upon the releaseof said tooth and also projection 47 of the arm, said arm falls forward,its pin 45 en aging the stem 41 of the-shutter 40 and orcing the sameinto open upper position as shown in Fig. 4. The detent 48 catches theextremity 50 of the shutter stem, and thus the parts are again in therelation shown in Fig. 4, with the next picture being exhibited.

It will be noted that the plate 19 is recessed at its back, as at 52, toreceive the parts above described for operating the picture disk andshutter, and preferably all said parts are mounted for convenience u onthe supplemental plate 25 above referre to and which is removablysecured to the main plate 19 by screws 53. Even this suppleracks toactuate the w eel.

- shutter adapted to cut 08 the light of the to said shaftand shut saidshaft and shutter, and means for memental plate is shown recessexi asiit56 to 29 are removable. Thegsaineresu t of variameans for plate, meansfor transmittin receive the finger 45 of the arm 42 in its swingingmovement. Furthermore, I desire to point out that by changes in thepositions of the pins on the wheel 28, the time of displaying thepictures of a series could be varied. I have therefore shownin the wheel28 a' series of outer holes 54, in an of which the pins 27 maybearranged and ikewise an inner series 0 sockets 55 for the pins 29, itbeing'understood that the said ins-127 and" tion in time of picturedisplay could obviously-be obtainedl by chan ing the entire wheel 28, orby sin di erently toothed Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim asnew is:-' Q A 1. The combination with a talking machine having atraveling re roducer and means tor driving the same and a magic lanternhaving a picture disk shaft, of a rotary member connected to said shaftand means for mechanically transmitting lin'ear movement of saidreproducer into rotation of said rotar member.

2. he combination with a talking ma-- chine havin a' travelingreproducer and riving' the same and-a ma '0 lantern having a. picturedisk shaft, 0 a

magic lantern from said picture disk, and means for mechanicaltransmitting motion from the said reproducer of the talking chine.

3. The combination with chine havin a traveling repro means for rivingthe same and a ma ic lantern having apicture disk, shaft an a shutter,of a rotary member connected to chanically transmitting linear movementof said reprodu'cer into rotation of saidrotary member.

4. The combination with a talking machine havinga traveling reproducer,and a magiclantern having an apertured plate. of a plcture diskshaftrotatably mounted'm said plate, a rack slidably mounted on said motion;rem said rack to said shaft interm tent-1y, and a connecting rodpivoted at one end to said rack and adapted at its other end to beattached to the'reproducer arm of the talking machine. I I

5. The combination was stalking machine having a traveling' reproducer,and a magic lantern havingan apertured plate, of a picture disk shaftrotatabl mounted 'in said late, a star wheel on sai shaft,-a rack slidaly mounted on said plate. a wheel piv: oted on-saicLplate and engaged bysaid pins on said wheel adapted to engage sai star wheel, and aconnecting rod pivoted at d tothereproducer of at its other end to beattached to the rcproducer armof the talkin machine.

7. The combination with a talking machine having a traveling repi'oducerand a magic lantern having an a ertured .plate, 'of a picture disk shaftrota'talily mounted in said plate, studs on said late,- a rack slottedto receive said studs an slii'iable thereon, a

wheel pivoted on said plate iindengagcd by said rack, pins on said wheeladapted to engage said star wheel, and a connecting rod' pivoted at oneend to said rack and adapted at itsother end to be attached tothe reproducer arm of the talkin machine.

8. The combination wit a talking ma chine having a moving reproducer, ofa;

magic lantern having an apertured plate means for dis laying :icturesthrough aperture, a s utter or said a rtui, a pivoted arm adapted tooperate said shutter, a rack slidably mounted on said plate, means fortransm' 'g motion from said rack to -sai ntermittently, and connectionshetiFeen said rack and thereproduoer of the talkin machine. V v

9. 'lfiie combination with a talking machine having -a moving'reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means fordisplaying picturesthrough said aperture, 0. s utter normally closingsaid a erture, a pivoted arm adapted to open said shutter, a rackslidahly mounted on said plate,-means for transmitting motion from saidrack said arm intermittently, and conadiectionsf blet-weirkil said ralfkand the re ucero at eta n mac inc. in. The combination with m chinehaving a moving reproducer, of a magic lantern having an apertured platemeans for dis layingpictures through aperture, a s utter normally'closin said aperture b v to open sai s utter, a rack shdably mounted onsaid plate, means for transmitting motion from said rack to said armintenmttently, and connections; betweensaid'rack and the rcproducer ofthe talking machine.

11. The combination with a talking machine ha'vin g a moving reproducer,'of a .gegiylarfflrn having an apertured plate, means for displayingpictures through said aperture, a shutter for said aperture norone endto said rack and adapted at its other mally' closing by gravity, a(latent adapted avity, a pivoted arma 'apted to hold said shutter open,a pivoted arm adapted to operate said shutter, a rack slidably mountedon said plate, means for trans mittin motion from said rack to said armiintermittently, and connections between said. rack and the reproducer ofthe talking machine.

12. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reproducer,of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displayingpictures through said aperture, a pivoted shutter for said aperturenormally closing by gravity, a pivoted arm adapted to open said shutter,a rack slidably mounted on said plate, means for transmitting motionfrom said rack to said arm intermittent-ly, and connections between saidrack and the reproducer of the talking machine.

13. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reproducer,of a magic lantern having an apertuied plate, means for displayingpictures through said aperture, a shutter pivoted by a stem and adaptedto normally close said aperture by gravity, a pivotetl arm adapted toengage 'said stem to opeITite the shutter, and means for transmittingmotion from the reproducer of the talking machine to said arm to swingthe same.

14. The combination with talking machine having a moving reproducer, ofa magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displaying picturesthrough said aperture, a pivoted shutter adapted to normally close saidaperture by-gravity, a detent for holding said shutter open, a pivotedarm adapted to engage said shutter stem to open the shutter, meansadapted to be engaged by said arm to release the said detent. andconnections for transmitting motion from the reproducer of the talkingmachine to said arm to swing the same.

15. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reproducer,of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displayingpictures through said aperture, a shutter for said aperture pivoted by astem, a projection on said stem at the opposite side of its pivotalpoint from the body of the shutter, a pivoted arm adapted to engage saidstem to open the shutter and said projection to close it, and means fortransmitting motion from the rcproducer of the talking machine to saidarm to swing the same.

16. The combination with a talking machine having a moving reprodueer,of a magic lantern having an apertured plate, means for displayingpictures through said aperture, a shutter for said aperture pivoted by astem, a projection on said stem at the opposite side of its pivotalpoint from the body of the shutter, a pivoted arm adapted to engage saidarm to open the shutter and said projection to close it, a detent forthe shutter, and means for transmitting motion from the reproduccr ofthe talking machine to said arm to swing the same.

17. The combination with a plate having a display aperture, of a shutteradapted to normally close by gravity, an arm pivoted at one end andadapted at its other end to open said shutter by gravity, and means forintermittently retracting said arm from the shutter.

18. The combination with a plate having a display aperture, of a shutteradapted to normally close by gravity, an arm pivoted at one end andadapted at its other end to open said shutter by gravity, means forintermittently retracting said arm from the shutter. and a detent forsaid shutter.

19. The combination with a plate having a display aperture, of a shutteradapted to normally close by gravity, an arm pivoted at one end andadapted at its other end to open said shutter by gravity, means forintermittently retracting said arm from the shutter, and means adaptedto he engaged by said arm to release said detcnt.

HAROLD O. MAT'JTH ldlVS.

In the presence of- RUSSELL M. Evnnn'rr, ETHnL B. Reno.

